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Newspaper
Belmont Weekly Dispatch
Location
Belmont, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1891
Page
3
Belmont items note a large local gathering, school bond sale, new construction, and civic events. Highlights include the Belmont Ramblers preparing for the Cuba fair, a piano plaque exhibition, a wedding of C. J. Nichols and Ida Monroe, and a school addition contract awarded to Bentley & Button with construction near completion.
Wm Weaver in town last evening and Ned Norton visiting Belmont friends mark a flurry of Belmont social activity. Visitors from Friendship Salamanca Wellsville and other towns appear with local business, church, and milling chatter.
Unclaimed letters remaining in the Belmont New York post office as of July 28 1891 include Mrs Dwight Dunlap Al Signore Francisco Miss Annie Li Mason Bruno Mazzo Miss May Raymond Mrs L Schaeffler Mrs Mary D Weller. Callers must say advertised Beng Norton P M. A request to contact A J Kine attorney at Janesville Wisconsin if you know a relative of Caleb A Goldsmith formerly Allegany County New York and late Rock County Wisconsin.
A larger gas pipe has been linked to the main and gas will be used for heating The Belmont with a meter to gauge consumption. FE DeVore of Wellaville repairs and replaces the artificial stone walk damaged by water and frost at The Belmont. Jerry Dougan, Belmont resident for over 40 years, died of heart disease at 75 in front of the Mansion House on Sunday. Funeral at St Marys Catholic Church. Reverend Samuel Dickinson Burchard preached at the village church, discussing Consecration and Times of Need, while noted for his long career in New York religious and temperance work. He is related to Mrs Judge Hatch and was born in Steuben, Oneida county, in 1812. He spoke after a lecture career in Kentucky and New York.
Local items report parade preparations, new uniforms for Baldwin Hose Co, and a G A R excursion with 124 tickets sold. Several weddings and name mentions appear alongside hunting, farm work, and river rail updates. Community events include fairs, temperance camp meetings, and local speeches by Asa W. Tenny and others.
Short local notices show employment ad for a young man and two women at Office 8 166 Lake St Elmira NY, a dance at Prest Opera House tomorrow, plus community items on a gas outage, business changes, local injuries, crop reports, a funeral, and various sales and notices across Andover and nearby towns. The page notes sports, auctions, and upcoming events with multiple named locals and firms.
On account of G A R Encampment a large reduction in fares to Detroit and return by the Erie railway is offered from July to August 3. Contact your nearest Erie Agent to learn the specific deal. A W Bodle Division Passenger Agent Buffalo NY announces the offer.
The undersigned reduce stock for fall and winter and will sell at cost and below for thirty days. Mrs G A Palmer & Co advertise stoves and ranges coal or wood as part of the sale. Tucker offers a fine line and low prices on stoves and related goods.
The ad promotes Kings as the place to buy twine at a good price and Peck’s Jewelry Store in Belmont selling watches clocks jewelry and silverware, emphasizing savings and value.
Exmirs New York reports St Leon by St Leon achieved a 2 28 record in Philadelphia. Jupson H Clark forwards the note from Belmont about breeding at a $25 service fee for 1892. Belmont shops advertise summer coats and vests at cut prices by McCracken Bros. Belmont New York.
An anonymous Lowell reader claims paralysis of the bowels, loss of stomach function, and kidney and liver trouble were reversed by Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy from Rondout New York. The reader asserts the medicine is the best in the world for such ailments and credits it with saving their life.
The Belmont offers E F Glauche’s Knights of the Maccabees cigars made with California filler and Havana wrapper. Marketed as the best nickel cigar in town, they are sold at the store.
The Dispatch announces that all in arrears on subscription will be billed and urged to settle accounts at once. R. R. and F. G. Henue, publishers.
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